{"id":7122,"date":"2023-11-27T07:50:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T12:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/?p=7122"},"modified":"2023-11-27T07:51:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T12:51:03","slug":"first-week-of-italys-pantheon-price-hike-nets-e200000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/27\/first-week-of-italys-pantheon-price-hike-nets-e200000\/","title":{"rendered":"First week of Italy’s Pantheon price hike nets \u20ac200,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

Previously free, a standard tourist ticket to the ancient site now costs \u20ac5<\/h2>
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The Art Newspaper –<\/em><\/strong> Italy\u2019s culture minister, Gennaro Sangiuliano, says that a new ticketing system at the Pantheon in Rome\u2014tourists are now required to pay \u20ac5 to enter\u2014has netted almost \u20ac200,000 in its first week (3-9 July) from 51,275 admissions.<\/p>

More than half the tickets\u2014over 26,000\u2014were bought online via a new digital payment system. The ancient site remains free to Rome residents, visitors with disabilities and the under-18s, while tourists aged 18 to 25 pay a discounted entry fee of \u20ac3.<\/p>

In a tweet posted by the culture ministry, Sangiuliano says: \u201cFirst week with over 50,000 admissions, receipts of almost \u20ac200,000\u2014a figure that makes me happy also takes into account the 4,830 young people who have chosen to visit one of the best preserved monuments in the world\u201d. Italian press reports state that around 30% of the proceeds will go towards the Rome diocese.<\/p>

But according to\u00a0The New York Times<\/a><\/em>, the new admission system may encourage a ticketing black market, as has happened at the Colosseum<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>

But according to The New York Times<\/em><\/a>, the new admission system may encourage a ticketing black market, as has happened at the Colosseum where \u201centrance tickets are priced at \u20ac18, but in reality, they are a rare commodity that can cost two or even three times as much when bought through secondary sellers\u201d.<\/p>

In May meanwhile, Giorgia Meloni\u2019s right-wing government announced a controversial plan to raise the price of museum tickets by \u20ac1<\/a> to generate funds for saving cultural heritage damaged in the recent Emilia-Romagna floods. In a statement, the culture ministry adds that \u20ac43,631 in Pantheon ticket proceeds from the launch week will go towards the floods.<\/p>

According to the culture ministry website, the original Pantheon building was erected between 27 and 25 BC at the behest of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa in honour of Emperor Augustus. Its present form, comprising a rotunda with a huge dome ceiling, dates back to the first years of the reign of Emperor Hadrian (118-125AD).<\/p>

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